Rail joint and fastener.



s. P. WATTS.

RAIL JOINT AND PASTENER. I I APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1911. A 1,038,035. Patented Sept. 10,1912.

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specification Letters m Patented Sept. 10,- 1912.

Application fled my a, 1911. 'Scrial a... 624,52

Toallwhomitmayconccm: Be it known that .I, SEABOBN'P. Wxrrs,

-a citizen. of the United States, residing at 'Abbeville, in the parish of Vermilion and 5 State 6f Louisiana, have invented certain knew and useful Improvements in Rail Joints and Fasteness pf which the following is a specification.

' My'mvention fialates to 1mprovemen ts in provision of a oint so tonstrubt'edt 'at the rails ar'e'adapted to be com cs-ted together in such a manner as to obviate any independent 'lateral or vertical displeacementof the rails. My invention will described in detail herelnafter and illustrated in the accom- 10 railway rail joints aiidjias for; its obect the I panying drawings in which- Flgure 1,is a side view of my improved rail oint, showing the key bolt insect-ion;

Fig. 2, atop plan view of the jointg Fig ing' ends of two-rails A and B constructed as described, the rail A having itsend formed with a V'sshaped recess 1, the angle of the sides of the 1 increasing from the top of the rail downward and the end of rail B with a y-shaped point 2 that is shaped to The webs o the rails A and B are formed with rectangular tiveslg, so that when the rails are assembled,

as own in the drawings, they ,form an elongated-rectangular opening in the joint notches 3 and 4, respec-* to receive a key bolt having a laterally elongated shank 6 that engages said notches 3 and 4 and o rails from re ative vei'tica, movement.

- In the preferred embodim t of my invention the notch 3' is made slightl narrower crates to hold the ends of the thaii the notch 4 so that when t e key bolt '5 is in position the shank firmly held kl notch 3 to prevent accidental dis lacement'of the key bolt when the rail en are se arated. V n a indicates a supporting plate,\having its side edges bent upwardly and toward one another as shown at 8, that receives the meeting ends of the bases of the rails A and B, and holds them from relative lateral displacement.

It will beapparent that rails jbined by my improved joint are not weakened by the bolt holes usually employed to secure fishplates to the meeting ends of the rails, and

also that the rails have the maximum freedom' of movement caused by changes of tem perature.

the wheels 0 a car in crossing the joint are \always on both rails so that'tlie're is no or jar to the: car or joint and the shock ends of the two rails will wear evenly.

B employing the V-shaped jo'int Having thus described my invention what i I claim is In a rail joint, 9. pair of abutting rail ends one of said ends being provided with a. notch V-shaped in horizontal section, the angle of-the sldes of the V increasing from. the toj) of the rail downward, the remaining end being provided with a V-shaped pr jectionkclosely'fitting'thenotch. and mea s to hold said ends together. p

In testimon whereof I hereto aflix my signature in t e presence of two witnesses.

SEABOBN PENDLETON WATTS- Witnesses: Ron. T. Lmmw, J. I. Bonuses u.

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